Freedom, right, justice and peace are essential values for any society to rise
and develop. Freedom is the basis for this rise, while justice cannot be
applied without right and peace is inaccessible with the exclusion of
justice.

Adopting and practicing these human values require commitment and credibility,
for they make one impartible whole; freedom can not be enjoyed by one group and
denied to another, right should not prevail here and be paralyzed there; if
abated, justice turns into injustice; peace can not be achieved unless it is
comprehensive.

These values have been established by the divine religions, the clearest and
most comprehensive of which has been Islam, whether in theoretical or practical
conception.

Hizbullah - Lebanon.

Hizbullah-Lebanon is an organized striving current that has been established
on the basis of its commitment to the above-mentioned values, seeking, with its
noble religious and national struggle to achieve these values in Lebanon and
the region and to eliminate all the artificial barriers that would obstruct
that purpose.

Hizbullah has faithfully, courageously and persistently resisted the Zionist
invasion of Lebanon and prevented it from achieving its political objectives
that were represented at that time by dominating this small country and
establishing a political regime whose decision was to be controlled by the
desires of the racist Zionist Jews.

In order to liberate the occupied land, maintain the national dignity and
materialize these values, Hizbullah has sacrificed hundreds of martyrs, injured
and disabled as an act of faith in the legitimacy of its resistance against the
usurping invaders.

Hizbullah between Peace and Violence.

Hizbullah has a strong belief in the necessity of achieving the security and
peace that are based on right and justice in Lebanon, the region and the world.
Consequently, it rejects all forms of aggression and terrorism; at the same
time Hizbullah views the Zionist Jews' occupation of Palestine, displacing its
people and establishing the entity of Israel on its usurped land as the living
materialization of the most hideous kinds of aggression and organized terrorism
that is supported by the USA, the sponsor of international terrorism, and some
other states that claim to be democratic and protecting human rights whilst
they support Israel that was founded on invasion, killing and blood-shed,
besides its daily violations of human rights in Lebanon and Palestine.

Hizbullah does not believe it is right for some people in the world to view
the Zionist Jewish occupation as accepted violence and terrorism, while they
condemn the counter-violence, which is a natural human reaction to the Zionist
violence and terrorism.

Hizbullah and the Resistance.

Hizbullah has benefited from the experiences of the nations and peoples of the
world and read the history of the French people's resistance against the Nazi
occupation, and the resistance of the American people against the colonialists
as well; It saw how the free world countries and the peoples of the world
respect these resistances and annually commemorate their memory because they
had expressed the will of freedom and the longing for right, justice and
peace.

When Hizbullah resists in Lebanon against the Zionist Jewish occupation lying
heavily on its soil in the South and West Bekaa, it is exercising its
legitimate and sacred right that was once exercised by the French and American
peoples.

Considering Hizbullah's resistance to the Zionist Jewish occupation as
"terrorism" is a kind of injustice, discrimination besides being a renunciation
of the Bill of Human rights and the Charter of the United Nations.

Therefore, we call on the peoples of the world to distinguish between
aggression, which is none other than terrorism, and the honest resistance that
is the only way to deter the aggression and confront the terrorism resulting
from that aggression. Israel is an aggressive entity that practices terrorism;
occupation is one of the forms of terrorism. Hizbullah of Lebanon is a popular
resisting trend against occupation and terrorism.

Hizbullah and Dialogue.

Hizbullah observes the creed of the genuine Muhammadan Islam and the
sublime human values emanating from it. This observance arises from
ideological conviction that is established with proofs and evidence and does
not originate from emotional liking or sectarian, denominational or racial
group spirit. Since reason is the source of this observance, Hizbullah has
always been ready to have dialogue with others over its convictions and creeds
or even its method and positions; Hizbullah does not seek to impose its
convictions on anyone, as it does not like anyone to impose their convictions
on it. It is attached to have mutual understanding with the others. It does
not think of annulling anyone, as it does not accept anyone to annul it.
Therefore, continuing and incessant dialogue is the best way to rectify visions
and positions; it is also a feature of Hizbullah.

Hizbullah and the Political System in Lebanon.

Lebanon's political system which is based on the principle of political
confessionalism can never achieve justice or realize right and peace. Perhaps
one of the most important reasons of the civil war that broke out in 1975 lies
within the confessional tendency that had been established by the political
system.

The Taif Charter of National Reconciliation did not resolve this dilemma, but
rather established it and re-distributed the sectarian quotas anew. This
implies a foundation for a future crisis.

That document, nevertheless, is viewed by Hizbullah as a bridge to transfer
Lebanon from the stage of bloody conflicts to a new stage of internal peace
that we, in Hizbullah, very strongly and definitely desire.

In spite of that, it never calls off our looking forward to more change and
development in the Lebanese political system in order to abolish the abhorred
sectarian discrimination and achieve justice among the citizens.

Hizbullah and Human Rights.

It is axiomatic to say that Hizbullah considers, as its religious task,
serving human beings, protecting their rights, maintaining their interest,
exerting effort to provide them with the requirements of a dignified living and
developing their society.

If the existing regimes remiss in fulfilling their duties toward that human
being, Hizbullah has efficiently contributed in providing humanitarian services
to the citizens in various Lebanese areas without discrimination between one
citizen and another, or one sect and another.

These services have included many domains; some of them are restoring damaged
buildings, farming guidance, providing utilities for the least cost prices and
sometimes for free, providing medical care and hospitalization at the health
care centers that are distributed in the areas and in private hospitals,
providing primary and intermediate schooling, providing the needy students with
scholarships to continue their college schooling plus providing them with
scientific orientation, and securing fresh water to the neighborhoods that the
public water network does not reach.

However, the most important human right that Hizbullah sacrifices blood and
lives in order to maintain is the right of the Lebanese human beings in their
land and in determining the political system they desire.